He’s predicting about 17 to 24 inches of snow in western Connecticut. Across the state, in the state’s northeastern corner, that could climb to nearly three feet.

“There’s a lot of moisture with this storm,’’ Jacquemin said. The colder it gets Friday night, he said, the lighter and drier the snow will be and the most likely it will be that the winds blow it into huge drifts.

Best to “enjoy” the thunder snow from somewhere cozy.

“There’s really no reason why anyone should be outside, at least until daylight Saturday,’’ Jacquemin said.